Shanghai Tan to Singapore Tan

1st November has been decided as the day. I will be Shanghai Tan no more. Heh, all the while being the equivalent of the popular Bund. I will become Singapore Tan. The place to get the well-toned TANned skin. If you decide to stay out in the sun.

Now that I am not blocked by the Great fireWall, I suppose there is a chance that I might come back to posting more often here. Though I am a little tempted to revamp my previous posts and look at what the hell I have been writing all this time. Thinking of removing all the tags.

Anyway, staying at my in-laws and we (Debbie and me) share a M1 broadband connection that we take turns to use. That means I logon to do the required moves for Wrestler (I am very dedicated one!!!) and also lead my crew to go fishing hehehehe... of course need to check mails and all. Other than that, I am going to spend so much more time on games. Hahaha... maybe now I will get to play all the different games that I always neglect due to going online :o)

Well, so much for now. If anyone is going to the airport now and then when you are free, give me a buzz and we could catch up over a drink or something.

Paris/London

We've decided to go Paris/London for our long holiday this year! Will be travelling with the Angs too. I think it is gonna be fun, especially since going on a joint trip was not something we had planned for. There's gonna be a big chance that photos will prove Debbie did not go on a trip alone. (I was the cameraman for all other times, so she's always alone in pictures hahahaha...)

Time to go back to second home and it's about time! I think the place has changed a lot since the last time I was back. Wonder if I can remember how to go about some of the places anymore. Maybe it is a good chance to show Debbie where I studied and the stuff I eat. Sometimes we really think it was a pity we met so late. Maybe we could have done even much more things before hahahaha... but well, never late then never to meet the right soul mate!

Now looking at the places to go and where to stay. Hmmm...can never see enough of everything, so looks like we have to decide on what is the must see. Can always go back again. I don't mind going there often, since that is the place that I stayed most time in besides Singapore (and Shanghai now). Belgos, I'm coming...

Wonder if the Beijing Brothers still perform in Covent Garden.

Minority Report

Coins or Phonecard

Some people may not have loose change with them. So making phonecalls on coin phone may be a problem. Solution is to install phones that accepts phonecards ONLY. All time best solution since everyone will DEFINITELY remember to have phonecards, rather than coins. Why don't they just install phones that accept both coins and phonecards? I've seen them around, so it's not like such phones are not in production. But the point is, if some people may not have loose change, then expectation is most people might not have loose change. BUT, everyone sure got phonecard lah...?

Conclusion: I'm just a minority report

Sacrifice?

It's Badminton Day again! 2nd last day to play since the school is going to change management. Many stories floating around and I am now not sure which is the correct version. Either there is a change of principal and he does not want the school to be open for public use. Or the school premises has been taken over by another organisation and no longer functioning as a school. If the latter is the case, then we'll have to approach the new organisation to know if we can continue a new package with them. One more time to play on Monday then. What other activities after???

After much deliberation and a million KFC advertisements showing on TV, we decided to go for our usual hobby and KFC takeaway for dinner hahahaha. These days spending a lot of time watching Justice Bao on TV, 3 episode per night. So we see a lot of the KFC commercial. Anyway, some of the new stuff are pretty nice this time, though I cannot understand why they only see original recipe chickens, or perhaps chicks to be more appropriate. KFChick. The size of the chicken is......hmmmm, not surprising if you mistake a chicken piece for "Hot Wings"!!!

Carreffour was pretty eventful today. They changed the layout of the fruits section. Bought watermelon again. Hahahaha. Nice and refreshing in a Shanghai summer, especially from the fridge! Yummy! While packing our stuff into plastic bags (self brought because they do not provide bags for you here....), I notice a small girl dragging a mini luggage bag. It's one of those scenes where kids like to drag their own small bags for fun or for their toys. However, she was stopped by the security who started asking her what is in her bag. She started crying and screaming and wailing for her mum. I thought she was frightened by the security, but what happened next was amazing. Two ladies inside Carreffour started running!!! The ran towards the escalator inside to try and get to the upper level. That is when I realised they were making used of the girl to steal stuff through her bag. So now they are deserting her and making the great escape! Security was shouting for colleagues to go upstairs to stop them... not sure what happened because we did not stay to watch how everything unfold.

Th girl was sacrificed by the mum... how can she run and leave the child behind??? This is going to be a scar in the kid's life. I hope she does not grow up thinking such bad influence is the norm. Sigh... everyday more and more things unfold that makes me wonder how it can all happen in the first place. Some of the issues are just unbelievable, senseless and ethically wrong. I wonder how it can even come up as a point of discussion on forums, in courts or in the newspapers. What principles are people exposed to when they are growing up these days?

The Eaten Sun

Many stories are passed about what happens today... eating of the sun by some heavenly creature lah (with a really big appetite lor)... some demons capture the sun lah... (they must be bigger than the sun then!)... the rays are harmful to unborn kids lah... and this and that lah...

Anyway, the next time this happens here is supposed to be 300 years later. From my wild estimate, NO ONE should be around to see it bah. So imagine the hype! There were companies selling tour packages to different parts of China, complete with a final visit to certain place that is best for viewing the "sun eating". Then there are those that fly in the air to catch it. All the gimmicks that can generate revenue will definitely be explored.

Well, the most important time frame would be 0830hrs - 0930hrs. Everyone got so excited!!! Aha! Weather forecast cloudy and rain :op So... a certain few got to see the nibbled sun... and then it was all done behind the clouds... Woah... a pitch black day for 6 mins... it was a cool effect... And just like that, it was over...

So the next time there is sun on a rainy day, you better stay under cover. It might actually be the saliva of that darn hungry creature that wanted to eat the sun...

Visit

It was Varian's turn to visit this time. Came on Friday and just left today. Catch up a little and talk about past times, as usual with friends from past times hahahaha

Played badminton in the morning and my legs had transformed to jelly after some inspiration from Transformers. Not sure why I was so tired this week. Maybe because I missed some regular sessions. Not sure how much more chances to play since the school might stop allowing us to play soon. Still considering to buy a new racquet, but not sure if anyone else will be playing by the time I go back.

Old movies on the TV tonight. Watching Stephen Chow again. Wahahaha... hmmm, that reminds me... Helios says he got a DVD for me with all of his movies... wonder if he still remember where he kept it... though I saw the DVD set myself at the shop last week... hmmm hmmm hmmm...

Movies Movies Movies

We saw Happy Gilmore on TV... it's ok... seems like one of the earlier Adam Sandler films because he looked pretty young in it... Rebekah said she is planning to catch Click tonight... I think that is one of the more touching movies by Adam...

Next we saw Marley & Me! Debbie said it was recommended by Debs.
Touching lah!!!
I recommend this too :o)

Good Idea

Spend some time... good idea! :o)

Finished up with the wrestling matches...can't let the stablemates down :o)

HBO movie starting! Wonder if the siaocharbor wanna watch another Adam Sandler movie flick now heee.....

Don't Mess With The Zohan was darn funny at the start though hahahahaha...

Badminton

Finished playing a game of badminton today and really enjoyed it. Especially since I missed it last Saturday. Wonder if I will be playing this sport in the long run. Need to get the right mix of people to have fun sometimes. Not just about being competitive. Andrew for sure will play it. I think Connel is a little too busy. Hmmm... who else?

Gonna be quite a busy day tomorrow with quite a lot of things to check and prepare. Focus focus focus... actually it can be quite fun hehehe... I think I will miss it all when I eventually have to give it up. Heard about an extension, but nothing is ever certain in an ever changing world. Heh.

I actually made the statement "if he can accept her, he can accept a million others". Can't believe that came out... but then... if everyday is like striving to fulfil expectations, it can be a little tiring in the long run... There is no definite formula for some things, but if the process is like pushing against the wall, surely something is wrong. The process is meant to be enjoyable :o)

Returning

Tried to change a new template for my blog, since that is the most obvious that there is a brand new beginning for it! But it seems that my current template is the nicest according to my personal taste! So, too bad... no new or fresh look for this blog... same old brand new you :o)

Still trying to figure out how to archive all the previous posts or how I am going to look through all of them. If I focused on doing that, then I think I am not going to blog proper for the next few years. Now that my wife has effectively moved off to Shutterfly, it seems that a lot of people cannot get their updates on what is happening to me through her blog. But of course, now they have more pictures to look at in her shutterfly page hehehe... all the baked stuff that I have to eat are up there!

Missed badminton on Saturday because I had to go back and do some testing. And that failed too! So, in a sense, I missed the game for nothing! Gotta go find out why the test did not work. Hmm, sometimes finding solutions are part and parcel of the interesting part. Wonder how long all these are going to last.

Still contemplating the racquet and shoes. Sigh. Racquet broke. Shoes too. Maybe I am becoming super active compared to before and they are just not used to it. Poor racquet... the head cracked and I had to say goodbye... The shoes... I remember blogging about them early on when I started this... Now it has left me... Shall I stick to Nike again? What should I buy? Should hav brought back my court shoes... I would prefer to buy something that I can run in now. I need the energy return system!!!!! When you are of certain age, it becomes a big difference!!! Hahahaha

Saw quite a number of pictures on Facebook about 7th Coy and also some of the sharing by the guys I used to mix with in there. Certainly brought back a lot of memories. Time flies and it has been so many years since then. How I wish time could turn back and I could relive those years again. Sometimes that is when the thought of growing old becomes all too scary. The feeling goes away of course... but well... that is why we must be responsible in the way of our conduct, just because we cannot change the way things are once they are over. History can never be changed.

Recently, did some more reading (in the toilet). Finished 2 Readers Digest, Who Moved My Cheese, and now starting on Growing Deep In The Christian Life by Charles Swindoll. I always think his books are a little too serious, but this one is quite ok so far. He actually put in effort to try and make it look fun. That's an achievement, considering that he is trying to convince that doctrine is fun and not all just serious... Maybe I will post one or two things from there in here, if I find it interesting. Who knows...

Looks like not possible to complete the Ghost Trapper mission this time... Just too tough trying to attract them Shadow Ghosts for midnight catch. Too bad... Getting a little bored because there is nothing much else to do for this... Maybe I should have just stuck to Fish Wrangler and MouseHunt... not to mention that I am considering to give up MouseHunt soon... nothing much to it now... Actually it is good news to get bored of Facebook games... I have a lot of other better things to do really... Getting blocked here is not going to help things too... Hahahaha...

So much for now... think it is a lot after such a long break. Hopefully I can keep this going hehehe. Sometimes nice to pen stuff down. Gets it out and feels good.

To the wrestling ring...

Soon

Facebook got blocked and I managed to find a go around... At the same time, the solution allows me to logon and view Blogspot...

Probably time to start working on this proper...

Just looked through tons of templates and still decided to stick to the same one...
Quite a bit of work to be done here and also on my computer...

Better start to be more focused :op